Mucormycotic dermatitis in captive adult Yoming toads

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 70-74

  Taylor, Sharon K ^a,b   Williams, Elizabeth S ^a   Pier, A C ^a   Mills, Kenneth W ^a   Bock, Mitchell D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Florida Game Fresh Water Fish Community   (United States)

^c WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Bufo baxteri; Mortality; Mucor sp; Mycotic dermatitis; Wyoming toad

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO BAXTERI; MUCOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DERMATITIS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCOR; MUCORMYCOSIS; STRESS; TOAD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; BUFONIDAE; DERMATITIS; DERMATOMYCOSES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; MUCOR; MUCORMYCOSIS; STRESS; WYOMING;

EID: 0032611285     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.1.70     Document Type: Article

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